Happy 100th Birthday, Gudrun Zapf von Hesse

Hesse Antiqua specimen

Gudrun Zapf von Hesse’s titling font, created 70 years ago as stamps for lettering on leather book covers and spines, is released as a digital font on her hundredth birthday.

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